There is therefore now
no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law
of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and
death. For what the law could not do, in
that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the
things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
Spirit. For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot
please God. But ye are not in the flesh,
but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man
have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead
because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth
in you. Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

The
Apostle Paul was one of the greatest teachers on the conflict between the spiritual
and carnal natures of man.One of the
best examples of this on television is the Andy Griffith Show.The main character, Andy Taylor, shows the
spiritual nature of man.He is always
trying to do the right thing although he sometimes fails.Barney Fife, on the other hand, is constantly
getting in trouble by following his carnal nature, which so plagues us all.

The Andy
Griffith Show is definitely a TV classic. It ran from 1960 to 1968, producing
249 episodes.The main character, Andy
(Andy Griffith), was a widowed father of the polite little boy named Opie (Ron
Howard) and is a sheriff, who works with nervous and very suspecting Barney
Fife (Don Knotts). They all live in the nice southern
town of Mayberry.
But, Mayberry can get a little dangerous when the town drunk Otis Campbell (Hal
Smith) is on the loose. Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn) is Barney's sweetheart,
although Andy had to help him describe his feelings to her. Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier) is the very loving and caring, but stern
housekeeper for Andy and Opie. Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors) is the bone-head,
thoughtless, but humorous character. He is a gas attendant. Goober Pyle (George
Lindsey) is Gomer Pyle's cousin. They are very alike, you could say, and
arrives in Mayberry when Gomer decides to enlist in the United States
Marine Core. The show had two spin-offs: Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. and Mayberry
R.F.D.